Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.5
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
19368
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.023438
Description
This book presents a biography of the African American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950 and whose poems reflect the experiences, racism, and urban poverty of African Americans.